Tomorrow's Leaders Start Here
Since its opening in 1894, The Woodward School has been educating and empowering young women to realize their true potential and to discover their passions. IMPACT Learning @ Woodward provides students with an immersive, hands-on, real-world learning experience. This innovative program consists of two consecutive weeks of immersive learning on campus with a Woodward staff member, a supervised independent project, or a career-focused internship. After the second week, there is built-in prep time, followed by a symposium designed for our students to showcase their learning and articulate their experiences to our academic community.
Leah shadowed Aubrey Penn Ph.D., a TEM Research Specialist at MIT. Leah joined in on meetings and discussions, as well as observed work being done on a FIB (focused ion beam) microscope. Which she said was really cool. She got to meet many different types of scientists and got to hang out with them and talk about microscopy, physics, and material science.
Of her time there, Leah said, "Over the past couple of weeks, I feel more educated in science, as well as how a lab works and functions. I have also realized my interest in the scientific field I want to enter has changed from a biochemistry perspective to a physics and chemistry perspective."
IMPACT Learning is all about getting out there and getting your feet wet to make discoveries like Leah's. We believe that doing is learning and that learning also extends to yourself. We are so happy that Leah had such a positive time at the labs.
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